IBRD only - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IBRD only was 46.04 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 60.79 in 1991, while its lowest value was 46.04 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 60.79
1992 60.35
1993 59.95
1994 59.64
1995 59.32
1996 58.90
1997 58.72
1998 58.68
1999 58.81
2000 58.45
2001 58.02
2002 57.68
2003 57.31
2004 56.57
2005 55.85
2006 54.84
2007 53.97
2008 53.17
2009 52.66
2010 51.77
2011 50.73
2012 49.57
2013 48.99
2014 48.34
2015 47.79
2016 47.34
2017 46.98
2018 46.47
2019 46.04

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IBRD only was 49.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.66 in 1991, while its lowest value was 49.87 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 63.66
1992 63.26
1993 62.87
1994 62.39
1995 62.05
1996 61.59
1997 61.38
1998 61.47
1999 61.53
2000 61.23
2001 60.76
2002 60.53
2003 60.16
2004 59.32
2005 58.56
2006 57.68
2007 56.70
2008 56.09
2009 55.71
2010 54.99
2011 54.14
2012 53.24
2013 52.69
2014 52.19
2015 51.58
2016 51.15
2017 50.85
2018 50.38
2019 49.87

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in IBRD only was 48.42 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 62.55 in 1991, while its lowest value was 48.42 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 62.55
1992 62.13
1993 61.73
1994 61.32
1995 60.98
1996 60.55
1997 60.35
1998 60.39
1999 60.47
2000 60.15
2001 59.70
2002 59.43
2003 59.06
2004 58.25
2005 57.51
2006 56.59
2007 55.65
2008 54.97
2009 54.54
2010 53.77
2011 52.85
2012 51.86
2013 51.30
2014 50.74
2015 50.15
2016 49.71
2017 49.39
2018 48.90
2019 48.42

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity